What Happened To My Baby?
Posted in Life, Little Miss, motherhood on 01/17/2010 09:44 pm by Emily
Today we fed Little Miss her first solids. And my heart broke a little bit.
Over the last couple of weeks Little Miss has taken a very large interest in whatever we’re eating. She’ll watch us put food into our mouths – tracking every second – she’s tried to grab porridge from our breakfast bowls and the other day she, literally, took my water bottle out of my mouth and tried to drink from it. This new awareness of food has been joined by a lack of sleep – she wakes a number of times in the night and is absolutely starving each time. She actually snorts when she’s presented with the breast she’s so hungry.
I asked a bunch of friends how and when they weaned their children but most of them stuck to the six month rule and I was very much hoping to keep her on the boob until after I got back from my trip so I kept putting what I thought out of my head. But after a particularly bad night last night I decided that time-lines be damned, my child was HUNGRY and it was time to move things on.
So today we fed Little Miss her first solids. She was a little alarmed to begin with but quickly gobbled it all up – and I mean ALL of it. Despite the fact that everything I read said “Don’t expect them to finish the first serving completely” she ate every. last. drop. And then drained my boob.
And in one very simple, expected, necessary step my little baby – the one that snuggled to my breast to feed, who fell asleep while feeding filling my nostrils with the heady scent of new. little. baby – morphed into something bigger, someone more independent someone who would eat real food and it made me cry.
January 18th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Hugs. Just because she has started solids doesnt mean you have to stop bfing – lots of babies bf long after solids (and WHO recommends that they bf for 2 years).
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January 18th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Both of my kids were large and actually started solids a little after the four-month mark. Even though they scarfed down their baby cereal like champs they still breastfed from me as well. The cereal was not their main source of nutrition – the boob was for quite a long while. It was just a little something extra. Both kids nursed until the year mark before they weaned.
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January 18th, 2010 at 10:14 am
I just wanted to say that I’m proud of your for following her lead and not going on what the books or the health nurses preach. Good for you for being an attentive and confident mom.
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January 18th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
These little milestones are so bittersweet, aren’t they? It’s all very exciting and wonderful, but it also signals the end of something every time. Sniff!
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January 18th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Would it be so wrong if I just froze my kid? For just a little while?
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January 18th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
aww..yeah we introduced some solids to T around 4 month too..she is HUNGRY all the time and awake all night and HUNGRY all night so something has to help right!?
Right?
Yawn!!!
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January 18th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Oh I also have to say I actually love this part. I love watching them try a new flavor..the expressions!!!
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January 20th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
and tomorrow, she’s off to college. i swear! i want a freeze gun.